Buckle.



No. 764,789. 7 PATENTED JULY 12, 1904. J. F. ATWOOD. BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 5, 1904.

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W E5555: 7 \/E TE] UNITED STATES Patented July 12, 1904.

JAMES F. ATWOOD, ()F MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 764,789, dated July 12, 1904.

Application filed April 5, 1904.

The nature of the invention is fully described below and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the buckle or clasp before it has been applied to an arm-band or other article of clothing. Fig. 2 is a view of the clasp and a portion of the arm-band to which it is secured. Fig 3 is a section taken on line 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4. is a side elevation of the looped portion of an armband with my invention applied thereto. In this figure the parts are not taut, and the band can be slipped freely through the slot in the clasp, and thus enlarge or contract it. Fig. 5 is a similar view with the band drawn taut or stretched as it would be in position on the arm.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

(0 represents the main portion of an elastic arm-band. The entire band is not shown, but only the terminal portions which cooperate with the device constituting the improvement and which are necessary for its illustration. One end of this portion is provided with a suitable clamp 6, preferably of metal, permanently secured in position and furnished with a wire loop 0. The opposite end of the band a is passed through this wire loop and constitutes the looped portion a of the band. This clamp and loop are not new in this invention, and any suitable looped contrivance may be substituted therefor.

A represents a substantially fiat plate, preferably of metal. This plate is provided with two slots-viz., the plain slot B near one side Serial No. 201,648. (No model.)

edge C of the plate and the slot D near the opposite side edge Eeach slot being substantially of even width and the slots being sub stantially parallel with each other and with the said edges. Integral with the plate and extending up from the surface therefrom at suitable angles therewith are teeth H, said teeth being next the inner edge of the slot D and the row of teeth extending, preferably, nearly the length of the slot. -The end a" of the part a is attached to the plate by thrusting it through the slot B and stitching it to the portion a, as shown. The band extends from the portion a upward through the loop 0 and thence over to the plate A, where it passes through the slot D, the plate being disposed with the teeth H extending inward--that is, toward the loop 0. When the looped portion a is loose, these teeth are practically parallel with the portion a; but when it is drawn taut, as in Fig. 5, the teeth are at about right angles with the portion a and press against it or catch into it, with the effect of holding it securely in position.

This invention is in the same general class as that described and illustrated in Letters Patent of the United States numbered 717,524 and granted to me January 6, 1908. The main object of the present invention is to provide a clasp which is simpler, more easily manufactured, and cheaper than that referred to in said Letters Patent, while being equally efficient or even better in practical operation and superior in durability. As the patented invention above referred to comprises a clasp having two rows of teeth, two folds or jaws, and a wire loop rigidly secured between said folds which are constructed especially to receive and hold the ends of the loops, and as my present invention comprises a single integral plate without folds and provided with two slots and a single row of teeth it will readily be seen that the principal object of this invention is to attain simplicity in the highest degree.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A buckle consisting of an integral plate having two slots adjacent respectively to two opposite edges, the central portion of the plate name to this specification in the presence of between said slots being integral,with a single two subscribing Witnesses. row of upturnec teeth close to the inner edge 1 of one of said slots, the other slot being adapted JAMES ATVVOOD' 5 for the attachment of a band, substantially as Witnesses:

specified. HENRY W. WILLIAMS,

In testimony whereof I have signed my A. K. HOOD. 

